Little Prince, The (1974)

[bunniefuu]

This is suicide,
don't you understand? Suicide.

Then maybe I won't have
to find my friend The Snake.

- What are you saying?
- It doesn't matter.

It does matter. What snake?

I'll tell you about him later.

- Tell me now.
- You can't draw while you're walking.

The stars are beautiful
because of a flower I can't see.

Why is the desert
So lovely to see?

Why is the desert
So lovely to see?

There is a reason
Lovely to tell

Because the desert
Is hiding a well

What makes the desert
So lovely at night?

What makes the desert
So lovely at night?

Millions of reasons

Tell me just one

At night, the desert
Is hiding the sun

Look! Look!

It's water.

Why am I happy?
We're dying of thirst

Why am I happy?
We're dying of thirst

- Why are you happy?
- Why do you think?

Because there's plenty
Of water to drink

Why was the desert
So lovely before?

Why was it lovely
But not anymore?

Water was hiding

No one could see

But now the water

Is hiding in me

- You mustrt forget your promise.
- What promise?

You know, a muzzle for my sheep.

I won't forget.

But first, I want to hear more
about that snake.

- Now?
- Now.

Very well, then.

I met him in a tree at the edge
of the desert, not far from here.

There are some hills here.

He was the first real person I met
when I landed here.

And until I met someone else,

I thought everyone on Earth
was a snake.

I arrived on the other side of the tree.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

You're talking to the wrong end.

You're a funny animal.
You're nothing but a tail.

Where's the rest?

- I'm not an animal.
- What are you?

What am I?

I'm a snake.

- I'm enchanted.
- Well, you should be.

You're all cold and slimy.

Thank you. It runs in the family.

Could you tell me what I've landed on?

Yes. This sunny section of the
solar system is called the Sahara.

The name of this planet is Sahara?

No, no, no, no. This simmering spot
of singing sand is called the Sahara.

The whole silly, stupid, smelly sphere
is called the Earth.

Oh, good. I thought I'd come
to the wrong place.

Oh, you have.

Listen.

You look like a nice fellow.

Why don't you take off your sword
and stay a while.

You seem like a smart, sensible sort.

Why did you swing down
to this sorry, sleazy swamp?

- I'm trying to learn something.
- I see.

Well, sir, this speck in space
is a scholastic sewer.

All that you can learn here
is sorrow. Sorrow.

If I were you, I'd scram.

I can't, my flock of birds
have flown away.

- So?
- They brought me here.

I see.

Listen, you are so lucky
that you met me.

Why am I lucky?

Well, you see, if someday,

any day, you want to see your own
small, sparkling star again,

I may have a solution.

You see, I have this special... sting.

It's almost painless,

and it can send you scooting
out of this sad slum

and sailing into the sweet, sunny,
splendiferous sky.

Really?

If you would like to cure the fever
Called life

Get some relief from all the struggle
And strife

The grandest medicine
That I can propose

Is under your nose

A snake in the grass

If you would like a spot
Where life never goes

Where you can leave your body
Home in your clothes

The finest travel agent
You'll ever meet

Is right at your feet

A snake in the grass

One sting

And you can say goodbye
To all of your friends

One sting

And you'll be singing
As your spirit ascends

All's well that ends

So any day or night
Wherever you are

If you would like to take
A trip to a star

The quickest transportation
Yet known to Man

Is none other than

A snake in the grass

A snake in the grass

A snake in the grass

If you would like to leave
That inuman race

And take up residence
Out yonder, in space

When you are ready
To go traveling on

Sit right down upon

A snake in the grass

One sting

Is quite enough to make you
Happy and free

One sting

And you'll discover
How relaxed you can be

Posthumously

And while you're wandering through
The heavenly blue

If you should see the Lord come
Strolling in view

Go up and say you bring him
Best wishes from his fallen old chum

A snake in the grass

A snake in the grass

A snake in the grass

One sting.

It's almost painless.

A snake in the grass

A snake in the grass

A snake in the grass

I'll be waiting.

Wait a minute.

Just a moment.

Are you looking for that snake
in order to do away with yourself?

I can't get back to my planet
any other way.

It's too far,
and my birds have disappeared.

Well, of all the...
You...

Now, you listen to me. That snake's
poisoned you against the Earth.

- It's not what The Snake said.
- He's hated us since the world began.

- It's what The Fox said.
- I'll tell you right now,

you're not going to allow yourself
to be poisoned. Is that clear?

- What fox?
- The fox I met after I met The Snake.

I see.

You certainly got yourself mixed up
with a strange crowd.

All right, let's have it.

- Where did you meet The Fox?
- In a garden of roses.

How many roses in the garden,
50, 100, 500?

I don't know how many roses,
but if it's too difficult to draw...

No. No. Not at all.

Let's get every detail of this whole
sordid nonsense out in the open.

When she finds out there are millions
of flowers that look just like her,

it will break her heart.

Good morning.

I thought I was rich.

I thought I had the most unique flower
in all the world.

But all I had was a common rose.

A common rose and three volcanoes
that came up to my knees.

And one of them was extinct at that.

That doesn't make me
a very great prince, does it?

Good morning.

Good morning.

You're a prince?

Yes.

I'm a fox.

I'm sad. Would you play with me?

- No.
- Why not? It'll be fun.

Where are the others?

- What others?
- The other hunters.

There's no one here but me.

Please play with me.
I won't harm you.

- Then why do you have a g*n?
- I don't have a g*n.

- You must. You're a human being.
- I'm from another planet.

- Arert there g*ns on your planet?
- No.

Really?

- Are there hunters on your planet?
- No.

- Any chickens?
- No.

- Oh, well, nothing's perfect.
- Let's play hide-and-seek.

I can't play with you.

- I'm not tamed.
- What do you mean, "tamed"?

Can't you stay put? I'm getting dizzy.

Sorry. I just don't wish
to become extinct.

Do you mean, if I move,
you will disappear again?

- Of course.
- Why?

You're a human. I'm a fox.
I hunt chickens, you hunt foxes.

- But I don't.
- You're a human, and you also lie.

But I don't lie.

Then you're inuman.

To be tamed...

Let me know before you move.

See if this clears it up. Underneath
the prince, you're a little boy.

Just like a million other little boys.

I'm a fox.

Just like a million other foxes.
But if you tame me...

...I won't be like all the other foxes,
and you won't be like the little boys.

I'll be unique to you,
and you to me.

- You understand?
- Sort of.

- Where are you?
- You moved.

I'm sorry, it won't happen again.

I have a very monotonous life.

I hunt chickens.

Men hunt me. They come, I hide.
They leave, I come out.

That's all.

But if you tamed me,
everything would be different.

- Even the wheat fields.
- The wheat fields?

Of course.

I don't like bread, so I don't care about
wheat. Wheat is the color of gold.

Like your hair. So if you tamed me,
I'd start to care about wheat

Like your hair. So if you tamed me,
I'd start to care about wheat

because it would
remind me of you.

I'm going to sit down.

What would I have to do?

Well, every day, you would come
and sit where you're sitting now.

You'd always come at the same time.
At, let's say, 4 in the afternoon.

I could start to get excited
about... Oh, about 3:00.

If you came at any old time,
I couldn't get keyed up.

But what would I do at 4:00?

- Nothing.
- Nothing?

Of course not. If you did, I'd get
frightened and I wouldn't come out.

It's like this.

At first, I'll hide behind the trees.

Trembling...

...as I do in winter.

In time

I'll start to feel at ease

Show my face

And we'll

- Beginter
- "Beginter"?

Get closer.

And closer.

And closer.

We'll go a glance at a time

A small advance at a time

We'll be afraid a bit
And shy a bit

Avoid each other's eye a bit

Less often each day
The ice will soften each day

As we get closer
And closer and closer

We'll go a blush at a time
A happy flush at a time

Begin to laugh a bit
And stare a bit

And walk around on air a bit
As gaily we grow

As night and daily we grow

A little closer
And closer and closer

And then one day

There'll come a day

A Christmas Eve
Midsummer Day

A moment when
Right there and then

We're gonna touch

Then we'll jump miles at a time
A million smiles at a time

Begin to love a lot
And live a lot

And give and give and give a lot

Away we will go
And every day we will grow

A little closer and closer

And closer and closer
And closer and closer

And closer and closer
All the time

And then one day

There will come a day

A Christmas Eve

Midsummer Day

A moment when

Right there and then

We're gonna touch

Begin to laugh a bit and stare a bit
And walk around on air a bit

As gaily we grow
As night and daily we grow

A little closer and closer
And closer

Away we will go
And every day we will grow

- A little closer
- And closer

- And closer
- And closer

And closer and closer

And closer and closer
All the time

After I tamed him,
we stayed together for quite a while.

But then one day,
I had to say goodbye.

I think I'm going to cry.

I didn't want to make you unappy,
but you asked me to tame you.

- I know.
- Then I haven't done you much good.

- It's all been a waste of time.
- No.

Because you wasted
so much time on me...

...you made me feel very important.

But now I feel
sort of responsible for you.

I should have warned you
that would happen.

You always feel responsible
for what you've tamed.

The moment he said that,
I understood everything.

He wasrt like all the other foxes
in the world anymore.

I tamed him, and now
he was unique, at least to me.

And my flower
wasrt like all those other flowers,

because I had fetched her a screen
and put a glass bowl over her at night

and listened when she grumbled,
and now she was my rose.

And I was responsible for her, and
I had to go back and take care of her.

I brought you a present.

It's a secret.

So I wrote it down.

The last time I saw him,
he was sitting in a wheat field.

What was the secret?

It's only with the heart
that one can see clearly.

What's essential...

...is invisible to the eye.

It works!

Eureka! It works!

I need air!

It works.

It works!

Wait.

Don't.

My God. What have you done?

No.

Don't.

I'm glad you've repaired your engine.
Now you can go back home.

- Yes.
- I, too, am going back home.

You must keep your promise.

- What promise?
- You know, a muzzle for my sheep.

I'm responsible for this flower.

Please. You promised.

You also forgot the fence.

It's a very nice muzzle and fence.

Thank you.

You're cold as ice.

Are you afraid?

Please leave me.

I can't.

I won't.

I don't want you to suffer.

I'll look as if I'm dead,
but it won't be true.

It's just that it's too far
to carry this body with me.

You understand, don't you?

This part of me will be like
an old, abandoned shell.

There's nothing sad
about old shells, is there?

My star is so small
I can't show you where it is.

I'm going back there now, but before
I do, I want to give you something.

All I want is to hear you laugh again.

You will hear me laugh.
More than you ever did before,

because on one of those stars,

I'll be laughing,
but you won't know which one.

So they'll all be laughing,
all the stars.

It will be like a bell that's hanging
from every star in the sky.

There now, that's all.

Little Prince

From who knows where

Was it a star?

Was it a prayer?

With every smile
You clear the air

So I can see

Oh, Little Prince
Don't take your smile

Away from me

When you came
My day was done

And then your laugh
Turned on the sun

Oh, Little Prince

Now, to my wonder and surprise

All the hopes and dreams
I lived among

When this heart of mine
Was wise and young

Shine for me again

Little Prince

In your eyes

Please, Little Prince

Don't take your smile away from me

When you came
My day was done

And then your laugh
Turned on the sun

Oh, Little Prince

Now, to my wonder and surprise

All the hopes and dreams
I lived among

When this heart of mine
Was wise and young

Shine for me again

Little Prince

In your eyes

Where are you?

I won't leave without you!

Oh, my God.

It never happened.

He wasrt here.

It never happened.